Earlier this evening, I put a post on Facebook asking GOPers if they would be willing to sign the same pledge I sign every time I renew my membership in the Libertarian Party, specifically
I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals.
I did this as it continues to piss me off that certain Republican State Representatives and Governor Candidates can openly call for war against the US Government or support bills that would lead directly to such a war, and yet Libertarians are the ones that most people think of as crazy!
Anyway, as is typically the case, one of my somewhat-liberty-leaning GOP friends there put up a comment basically blasting me because we are “political cousins”. I responded by point blank telling him that if he advocated using violence to achieve his political goals, then we have NOTHING in common – and I mean that. The “Sexton Doctrine” is one of the absolute bedrock core values I hold. It is why I can endure so much abuse that honestly most people wouldn’t take.
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